The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Billing over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Billing
Rank 58 48 77
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +29
Contract jobs citing Billing 65 103 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.707% 3.269% 1.950%
As % of the General category 6.341% 6.482% 4.880%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 24 22
Average daily rate £370 £309 £259
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.83% +19.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £253 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £493 £384
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £425 £335
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +26.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.00 £17.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-35.29% -2.85%
All of the General Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1025 1589 1209
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 42.69% 50.43% 39.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 462 408
Average daily rate £370 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.82% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £229 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £454 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 28 42
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.70 £10.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Billing
South East

Billing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Billing across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Berkshire Billing Jobs Demand Trend

Billing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Billing across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Billing Daily Rate Trend

Billing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Billing across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire Billing Daily Rate Histogram

Billing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Billing across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Billing Hourly Rate Trend

Billing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Billing within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Newbury +3 8 £550 -
Reading -21 6 £258 -16.51%
Slough -10 4 - -
Maidenhead -4 3 £350 -
Bracknell - 2 £431 -
Wokingham - 1 - -
Billing
South East

Billing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Billing also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Billing.

1 62 (67.39%) Telecoms
2 37 (40.22%) CRM
3 24 (26.09%) BSS
4 17 (18.48%) Finance
4 17 (18.48%) CSG Singleview
5 10 (10.87%) Project Management
6 9 (9.783%) Legal
7 8 (8.696%) SMS
7 8 (8.696%) FTP
7 8 (8.696%) Marketing
7 8 (8.696%) Unit Testing
8 7 (7.609%) Use Case
8 7 (7.609%) Cisco
8 7 (7.609%) Service Delivery
9 6 (6.522%) Banking
10 5 (5.435%) GAP Analysis
10 5 (5.435%) Internet
10 5 (5.435%) Siebel
10 5 (5.435%) Broadband
10 5 (5.435%) Oracle
11 4 (4.348%) PeopleSoft
11 4 (4.348%) PRINCE2
11 4 (4.348%) TOGAF
11 4 (4.348%) Business Analysis
12 3 (3.261%) 4G
12 3 (3.261%) Test Strategy
12 3 (3.261%) Investment Banking
12 3 (3.261%) Migration
12 3 (3.261%) MS Excel
12 3 (3.261%) SAP

Billing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Billing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Billing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (2.174%) Middleware
1 2 (2.174%) XML
2 1 (1.087%) SAP Business Workflow
2 1 (1.087%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.087%) Web Services
2 1 (1.087%) .NET
2 1 (1.087%) WML
2 1 (1.087%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.087%) ESB
1 1 (1.087%) Apache
1 1 (1.087%) SAS
1 1 (1.087%) CICS
Applications
1 3 (3.261%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.087%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 17 (18.48%) CSG Singleview
2 1 (1.087%) Oracle BRM
2 1 (1.087%) SAP FI-AP
2 1 (1.087%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.087%) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
1 24 (26.09%) BSS
2 8 (8.696%) SMS
2 8 (8.696%) FTP
3 5 (5.435%) Internet
3 5 (5.435%) Broadband
4 3 (3.261%) 4G
5 2 (2.174%) DNS
5 2 (2.174%) 3G
5 2 (2.174%) Wireless
6 1 (1.087%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.087%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (1.087%) Network Security
6 1 (1.087%) Wireshark
6 1 (1.087%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.087%) FWSM
6 1 (1.087%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.087%) Firewall
6 1 (1.087%) GPRS
6 1 (1.087%) GSM
6 1 (1.087%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.087%) MS Access
1 1 (1.087%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.087%) Data Mining
1 1 (1.087%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (1.087%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (1.087%) Selenium
1 1 (1.087%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.087%) TestDirector
General
1 62 (67.39%) Telecoms
2 17 (18.48%) Finance
3 9 (9.783%) Legal
4 8 (8.696%) Marketing
5 6 (6.522%) Banking
6 3 (3.261%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.174%) Back Office
7 2 (2.174%) Retail
8 1 (1.087%) Law
8 1 (1.087%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 34 (36.96%) Architect
2 31 (33.70%) Solutions Architect
3 14 (15.22%) Project Manager
4 11 (11.96%) Analyst
5 9 (9.783%) Coordinator
6 7 (7.609%) Designer
6 7 (7.609%) Business Analyst
7 6 (6.522%) Solutions Designer
7 6 (6.522%) Developer
8 4 (4.348%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 4 (4.348%) Senior Architect
9 3 (3.261%) Telecoms Project Manager
9 3 (3.261%) Consultant
10 2 (2.174%) Network Engineer
10 2 (2.174%) Technical Project Manager
10 2 (2.174%) Systems Engineer
10 2 (2.174%) Design Engineer
10 2 (2.174%) Network Design Engineer
10 2 (2.174%) Service Analyst
10 2 (2.174%) Billing Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.087%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (1.087%) SecurID
1 1 (1.087%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (1.087%) VSAM
1 1 (1.087%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.087%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.087%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (40.22%) CRM
2 10 (10.87%) Project Management
3 8 (8.696%) Unit Testing
4 7 (7.609%) Use Case
4 7 (7.609%) Service Delivery
5 5 (5.435%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (4.348%) PRINCE2
6 4 (4.348%) TOGAF
6 4 (4.348%) Business Analysis
7 3 (3.261%) Test Strategy
7 3 (3.261%) Migration
8 2 (2.174%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (2.174%) ITIL
8 2 (2.174%) Network Planning
8 2 (2.174%) Programme Management
8 2 (2.174%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (2.174%) Capacity Management
8 2 (2.174%) Business Transformation
8 2 (2.174%) Change Control
8 2 (2.174%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.261%) SQL
2 2 (2.174%) VBA
2 2 (2.174%) C#
3 1 (1.087%) COBOL
3 1 (1.087%) Java
3 1 (1.087%) Perl
3 1 (1.087%) PHP
3 1 (1.087%) JCL
Qualifications
1 3 (3.261%) ISEB
2 2 (2.174%) PMP
2 2 (2.174%) PMI Certification
2 2 (2.174%) Degree
3 1 (1.087%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.087%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.087%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.087%) Siebel Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.261%) SLA
2 1 (1.087%) QA
2 1 (1.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.087%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (7.609%) Cisco
2 5 (5.435%) Siebel
2 5 (5.435%) Oracle
3 4 (4.348%) PeopleSoft
4 3 (3.261%) SAP
5 2 (2.174%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.174%) Hyperion
5 2 (2.174%) Business Objects
5 2 (2.174%) Cognos
5 2 (2.174%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 1 (1.087%) F5
6 1 (1.087%) Blue Coat
6 1 (1.087%) Redknee
6 1 (1.087%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (1.087%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.087%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.087%) Juniper
6 1 (1.087%) Genesys
6 1 (1.087%) Ericsson
6 1 (1.087%) IBM